Grandmaster Performance Opening Collections 12-14 The April-May 1978 issue

12-14 The April-May 1978 issue brought another treat by the poet chess master

the Lucena and Philidor positions)

the Preston Series exemplifies a perfect combination of distinct beauty and functionality

None of these 19th-century fossil openings

The Adventure of Chess (Dover 1959

Grandmaster Performance Opening Collections 12-14 The April-May 1978 issueBook Description Soviet super GM Lev Polugaevsky, one of the world's leading players over the last quarter of a century, has several times been a Candidate for the World Championship. He presents here 64 of his best games selected and grouped to give a clear impression of how victory is gained in chess. Among the points he singles out are: a fundamental knowledge of the openings, skill in attack and defense, strategic planning, endgame technique and a